Besides the TT, what is there to do in Drenthe this weekend?

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Assen and the wider area are of course dominated this weekend by the 91st TT and all the festivities that go with it. But if that doesn’t make you hot or cold or if you have seen it after one round of the fair in the city center, what can you do in the coming days? Well, enough! We have listed a number of suggestions for you.

The brink in Vries will be turned upside down on Saturday during the second edition of STRAATbrass. About 150 brass players come to the village. Various corps compete with each other with a marching parade and a concert competition in the music dome. Mayor Marcel Thijsen van Tynaarlo will open the event at 11 a.m. Everyone can come and enjoy the sounding copper on the Drenthe boulders for free.

Six care farms in Drenthe will participate in the national open day at the care farm on Saturday. On that day, care farms show what they do. Often there are participants (auxiliary farmers) present, products from their own farm are offered and there are children’s activities. In our province you can take a look at the Roccohoeve in Nieuw-Roden, the Refaja care farm in Echten, the Plus Farm in Wapserveen, the Buitenhove in Elim and two locations of the Berkenhoeve in Alteveer. For more information and times, visit the website of the Federation Agriculture and Care†

Volleyball club Tjoba from Klazienaveen will hold the first Tjoba Beach Volleyball tournament at sports hall De Planet in the village on Saturday and Sunday. Young and old, experienced and inexperienced can hit a ball. You can no longer register, but come and watch, encourage and have a drink!

In Oosteinde the party is this weekend. The village is decorated and on Saturday morning at 10.30 am there is a procession with decorated cars and people. Look for more information on the site of Neighborhood Association Oosteinde†
On Saturday and Sunday you can take a special half-hour flight from Groningen Airport Eelde with the Royal DC-3 Dakota ‘Princess Amalia’. You fly over Groningen and the surrounding area and the Wadden Islands. More information via the airport’s website†

The Struunmarkt is held on Sunday at the market area on Bosweg in Diever; a mix of a fair and flea market. Fashion, brocante, jewelry, home decoration, books and hobby items; the offer is very diverse. The market lasts from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The National Cycling Championships will be held in Midden-Drenthe from Friday to Sunday. The Col du Vam is of course also part of the course. Due to the TT, the men’s course has already been run on Friday, but on Saturday at 2.40 pm the professional women will start from Westerbork for their round over 124.5 kilometers. The girls will start at 9:30 am on Saturday and the junior women will start at 11:30 am. On Sunday it will be the turn of the elite riders.

Then let’s talk about the TT. The real enthusiasts know of course, but on Saturday the last free practice sessions and qualifying for the races are on the program. The warm-up is on Sunday morning and of course in the afternoon the races† Will Fabio Quartararo manage to win in Assen for the second year in a row? After that, the exodus of all traffic from Assen is at least as big a happening as the races themselves.
On Friday and Saturday evenings, there is again plenty to do in the center of Assen during the TT Festival. For more information about, for example, who performs where on the festival site† Would you like to take a look at the temporary TT Museum at RTV Drenthe? You can do that until 5:00 PM on Saturday afternoon at Beilerstraat 30 in Assen.

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